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Beautiful Dog! My son has a purebred German Shepherd from Romania, he's training him to be a search and rescue dog, and most of his bros and sis's are police dogs. Those German Shepherds are amazing. Your's is beautiful!

Beautiful Dog! My son has a purebred German Shepherd from Romania, he's training him to be a search and rescue dog, and most of his bros and sis's are police dogs. Those German Shepherds are amazing. Your's is beautiful!

and Love the turtle pic too, he's all chillin'

-W

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Here's Duke..

Wow, that pic reminds me of the movie American Werewolf in London! Nice dog though.. Kai is a purebred too but from Alabama. The breeder breeds them for the police and military. Kai's father weighed 100 lbs and his mother was 74 lbs.. I think he's going to be a big boy. At 10 weeks he's already 20 lbs..

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

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HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Wow , he is a beauty . That turtle looks huge now and is gorgeous also , cant believe thats the same little guy , didn't know they grew that fast .

She looks quite big in the picture, however, her shell length is just a little over 3 and a 1/2 inches. She will still put on quite a bit of growth over the next year, which they do for the first 2 years. Then the growth really slows down quite a bit. It's sort of a survival in nature thing.. She turned 1 this past September.

I can't believe how big your turtle is now... didn't you have a couple others as well?

Thanks Ann.

I have one other which is of the Chesapeake Bay variation. Her skin is a slate blue in color and has bold lines instead of the speckled dots shown on the white skin above. I'll try to post some pics of her later, but she's a bit neurotic and won't sit still. Both are huge beggars.

I didn't think you'd mind, if I posted a video of my dog with his best bud. My dog is the Puggle. His best bud is the Boxer. We think they may be gay. They are in love with each other. We've caught them experimenting..lol.

I thought this video was funny. My Puggle refuses to let his size get in the way.

I didn't think you'd mind, if I posted a video of my dog with his best bud. My dog is the Puggle. His best bud is the Boxer. We think they may be gay. They are in love with each other. We've caught them experimenting..lol.

I thought this video was funny. My Puggle refuses to let his size get in the way.

I'm trying to get Kai socialized, but it's not going very well. There is a female pitbull who stays upstairs from us who simply wants to play with him and he's not having any part of it. She gets low and even turns over on her back when she gets close to him and all he does is growl and bark at her.

Here is an updated photo of the growing Kai. Yes, asleep in the food bowl again. Maybe he thinks we may try to sneak a meal past him without his knowledge, so he likes to be on guard. You can really see the size difference; the boy is growing.

Any word on his socialization skills? Maybe he's still too young. Pit bulls can be the sweetest dogs on god's green earth. Keep trying. I bet they become good friends.

he is cute. I think he's going to become very protective of that food bowl

Hey Robert, how ya doing? When we moved to Boston last year the apartment complex did not allow pitbulls. Neo (the pitbull) went back to the family I originally got him from. The story behind me getting Neo was due to a coworker cheating on his wife with one of my other coworkers. The wife kicked him and the dog out and he asked me, since I had a fenced in yard at the time, if I would mind taking Neo in. We had him for about 3 years.

Well, him and his wife got back together and when I found out I couldn't take Neo with us I called him to see if he wanted Neo back, and they did. So Neo's back with his old family.

It was extremely hard giving him back and I still miss him dearly as evident by my often posting old pictures of him on facebook.

I'm just having issues with Kai socializing with other dogs here were I live now. It really has not gotten better. Other than my family, he really wants nothing to do with anyone else, and from what I've read this is common with the breed. He's already shown signs of being very protective.

Thanks Em. I don't know what is up with that falling asleep in the food bit. It does come in handy to show reference of his growth by way of how big he is compared to the food bowl though...lol

I have some bad news regarding my Ornate Terrapin pictured above. She quit eating about 2 weeks ago. I took her to the vet and she has a bacterial infection. The vet gave her a shot of benadryl and he's worried that her kidneys may not be able to handle it. I've raised the tank temp to help stimulate her immune system, but in my experience, this usually does not end well.

I love animals but I'm afraid to get one because if you ever move it complicates your living situation. There's also the whole feeding, watering, attention, etc. I love them but they take up so much time I just don't want that part right now.

I love animals but I'm afraid to get one because if you ever move it complicates your living situation. There's also the whole feeding, watering, attention, etc. I love them but they take up so much time I just don't want that part right now.

Would you feed me and rub my tummy? You can get my leg going, if ya do.

Took new photo's of Kai today. He'll be 22 weeks old tomorrow and has grown so much since we got him. He's weighing in at just over 50 lbs. He has also picked up some new tricks rather quickly. It does get bothersome though when he wants to shake my hand while I am eating or drinking my coffee...

I'm feeling pretty bummed out about Kai today.. A couple of days ago he started limping, I figured he must have hurt his foot while we were out playing fetch the other day.

I took him to the vet this morning and the vet says his right hip is real bad. It could be GHD but the vet said to not give up hope that it is not because Kai is still growing and it might get better.

He's in pain and it hurts to see him this way. They gave him a steroidal shot and some pain medicine. I'm supposed to wait a month to see if it gets better and then we'll go from there. After paying the bill I told the vet the dog and I might soon be homeless if this keeps up. I was joking...

I really hoped when I got a German Shepherd that I would not have to deal with the GHD issues. His lineage papers say nothing about this being an issue with his parents. I feel like I did something wrong and wonder if I worked him too hard while playing.

I am sorry to hear that Kai is in so much pain. We have a mutt (Golden/Aussie/?? mix) that started really limping after exercise when he was about 1.5 - 2 years old - and our vet said it was hip displasia. It is a long story (which I won't go into here) but we ended up getting a second opinion -- the good news was that it was not hip displasia, it was a torn ACL which can be fixed. The bad news was that it was about $3k to have it fixed.

I am sorry to hear that Kai is in so much pain. We have a mutt (Golden/Aussie/?? mix) that started really limping after exercise when he was about 1.5 - 2 years old - and our vet said it was hip displasia. It is a long story (which I won't go into here) but we ended up getting a second opinion -- the good news was that it was not hip displasia, it was a torn ACL which can be fixed. The bad news was that it was about $3k to have it fixed.

Anyway, I wish Kai the best,JM

we went through the ALC surgery too with one of our dogs. $1700. about 10 years ago. vet bills are getting bad these days.so hip dysplasia can't be fixed?

Kai couldn't have landed with a better owner. So the good news is he'll be well loved and cared for by a super hip guy. Our beloved Shep from my childhood suffered this. Given Kai's age maybe he'll get beyond some of it. Do you have access to an acupuncturist ? Some do work on animals.